Section 1
SECTION 1. Sub-paragraph (d), Section 6, Article III of R. A. 917, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "SECTION 6. Deductions for administrative expenses, preliminary engineering, contingent emergency expenditures, and discretionary fund. * * * * * * * * Discretionary Fund.—Ten per centum of the Highway Special Fund shall be alloted to the Discretionary Fund under the control of the Secretary of Public Highways to be used; first, to augment any deficiency in the allotment for administrative expenses; for payment of gratuity benefits and the money value of accrued leaves; for payment of compensation benefits to employees who become sick and/or injured in the course of employment; second, to increase other allotments provided for in this Act third, to subsidize 50% of the expected equipment rental required to undertake the construction, improvement, and maintenance of selected feeder road and bridge projects within barangay areas where equipment use is very necessary as determined by the highway District/City Engineer concerned. All unexpended portion of this fund shall be carried over to the next fiscal year for the same purpose."